Scottish Executive

Agriculture

Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of all agriculture grants and subsidies was through agri-environment payments in each year since 1995 and what the projected figures are to 2005.

Ross Finnie: The information is as follows:

  


1994-95¹ 
  

1995-96¹ 
  

1996-97¹ 
  

1997-98¹ 
  

1998-99¹ 
  



0.31% 
  

0.65% 
  

0.85% 
  

2.15% 
  

2.71% 
  



  


1999-2000¹ 
  

2000-01² 
  

2001-02³ 
  

2002-03³ 
  

2003-04³ 
  



3.54% 
  

5.14% 
  

6.69% 
  

6.81% 
  

6.61% 
  



  The Spending Review does not include planning totals beyond 2003-04.

  Notes:

  1. Based on out-turn.

  2. Provisional out-turn.

  3. Plans, including anticipated receipts from modulation.

Ambulance Service

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Scottish Ambulance Service about the provision of ambulance services in the Langholm and Eskdale areas.

Susan Deacon: None. It is for the Scottish Ambulance Service to ensure the provision of satisfactory ambulance services throughout Scotland.

Ambulance Service

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any plans to close Langholm Ambulance Station and, if so, what action it proposes to take and what criteria are used to determine how far an ambulance station should be located from the communities which it serves.

Susan Deacon: The Chief Executive of the Scottish Ambulance Service has confirmed that there are no plans to close the Langholm Ambulance Station.

Ambulance Service

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress the Scottish Ambulance Service is making in implementing the EU Working Time Directive.

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what impact on the provision of ambulance services in rural areas is anticipated from the implementation of the EU Working Time Directive.

Susan Deacon: The Scottish Ambulance Service working through its Partnership Forum has already implemented many of the requirements of the directive. Discussions are continuing in relation to the implications for the service’s on-call working arrangements, in particular in remote and rural areas. The Ambulance Service is fully aware of the need to maintain services in rural areas, while complying with the terms of the directive.

Broadcasting Industry

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic value of the film and television industry has been in each of the last five years.

Allan Wilson: Information is not compiled in the form requested. The evidence from the annual reports of the broadcasters and information supplied by Scottish Screen is that the expenditure of the film and television industry (not including film exhibition) was in the range £250 million to £300 million in 1999-2000 and that there had been substantial increases over the five-year period.

Cancer

Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12741 by Susan Deacon on 5 February 2001, when information on the number of newly diagnosed cases of mesothelioma in each health board area in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 will be available.

Susan Deacon: Collection and analysis of cancer registration data is an iterative process that ensures high quality data are being used in making comparisons within Scotland and across Europe and the rest of the world.

  It is anticipated that 1998 cancer registration data will be complete by the summer of this year with each successive year’s data following annually thereafter.

Careers Service

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost will be of employing the staff currently working for Adult Guidance Networks, Lifelong Learning Partnerships and Education Business Partnerships who will become employed by Careers Scotland.

Ms Wendy Alexander: It will be expected under the new organisation that all appropriate and relevant staff will transfer under their existing terms and conditions, and therefore we anticipate no substantial increase in staffing costs. As yet we are unable to determine the percentage of staff who will opt to transfer to Careers Scotland and it is therefore impossible to give an accurate figure to reflect these future staffing costs.

Careers Service

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much non-statutory revenue income each of the 17 careers service companies generate annually, expressed in (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of each company’s total income.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The information provided shows the data for 1999-2000. Information on 2000-01 funding arrangements is not yet available.

  While the Scottish Executive is the primary funder to all the Careers Service Companies, many of the companies have endeavoured to find additional project/service specific funding from other sources such as the Enterprise Networks and some European funding.

  Column 1 – Shows the total company income as reported in the companies’ annual accounts for 1999-2000.

  Column 2 – Shows funding identified being received from statutory organisations.

  Column 3 - Shows other income generated. This figure may still contain some funding from statutory organisations, because where the income generated by the company is very small we have not requested that the company provide a breakdown at this time.

  Column 4 - Shows non-statutory organisation funding as a percentage of Total Company Income.

  


Careers Service Company 
  

Total Company Income from Annual Accounts 
  1999-2000
(£000) 
  

Total Company Income received from Statutory 
  Organisations
(£000) 
  

Other Income Generated
(£000) 
  

Non Statutory Organisation Funding as % 
  of Total Income 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

572 
  

544 
  

28 
  

4.9 
  



Ayrshire* 
  

1,682 
  

1,627 
  

55 
  

3.3 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

499 
  

462 
  

37 
  

7.4 
  



Careers Central 
  

2,077 
  

1,795 
  

282 
  

13.6 
  



Edinburgh and Lothians 
  

3,960 
  

3,542 
  

418 
  

10.5 
  



Dumfries and Galloway* 
  

774 
  

744 
  

30 
  

3.9 
  



Dunbartonshire and Lomond 
  

1,224 
  

1,199 
  

25 
  

2 
  



Fife 
  

1,800 
  

1,732 
  

68 
  

3.8 
  



Glasgow 
  

3,238 
  

3,087 
  

151 
  

4.7 
  



Grampian 
  

2,313 
  

2,253 
  

60 
  

2.6 
  



Highland 
  

1,220 
  

1,211 
  

9 
  

0.7 
  



Lanarkshire 
  

2,799 
  

2,791 
  

8 
  

0.3 
  



Orkney 
  

232 
  

143 
  

89 
  

38.3 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

2,750 
  

2,468 
  

282 
  

10.2 
  



Shetland 
  

234 
  

181 
  

53 
  

22.6 
  



Tayside 
  

1,607 
  

1,587 
  

20 
  

1.2 
  



Western Isles 
  

257 
  

208 
  

49 
  

19 
  



  * Accounts for 1999-2000 not available – figures based on 1998-99.

Central Heating

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities will be able to access funds from the central heating initiative from 1 April 2001.

Jackie Baillie: All tenants of local authorities without a central heating system will be able to access funds over the course of the five-year funding programme. Tenants of those local authorities considering whole-stock transfer will also receive central heating either from the Executive or the acquiring landlord and are therefore not disadvantaged.

Central Heating

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association houses have central heating systems which are more than 15 years old.

Jackie Baillie: The information is not held centrally.

Central Heating

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority houses have (a) electric, (b) gas, (c) solid fuel central heating and (d) no central heating, broken down by local authority.

Jackie Baillie: The information requested at (a), (b) and (c) is not held centrally. We estimate that about 85,000 local authority tenants lack central heating systems. The Scottish Executive Development Department has written to local authorities asking for further information on this point and other information relevant to the programme.

Central Heating

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many housing association houses have (a) electric, (b) gas, (c) solid fuel central heating and (d) no central heating.

Jackie Baillie: The information requested at (a), (b) and (c) is not held centrally. We estimate that 16,000 housing association tenants lack central heating systems. Scottish Homes has written to housing associations asking for further information on this point and other information relevant to the programme.

Central Heating

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to determine whether a home in the socially rented sector is eligible for free central heating installation.

Jackie Baillie: The house must lack any form of central heating system and not be scheduled for demolition within the next three years.

Child Poverty

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards the elimination of child poverty.

Jackie Baillie: As reported in our Social Justice Annual Report, the proportion of children in relative income poverty has dropped from around 34% in 1996-97 to around 30% in 1998-99, after housing costs have been taken into account.

  We are also transforming pre-school education, funding nursery places for around 100,000 children a year and supporting child care. The percentage of children living in workless households fell from 19% in 1997 to 16% in 2000.

  Our progress is backed up by programmes such as Sure Start Scotland and the new £70 million Children’s Change Fund, which help to improve children’s start in life.

Child Poverty

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how it calculated the figure of 70,000 in its statement regarding the reduction in the number of children living in income poverty contained in news release SE2919/2000.

Jackie Baillie: The figure referred to was calculated using the headline measure recommended by the Statistical Programme Committee of the European Union - the number of children in households where net income (after housing costs) is below 60% of the GB median.

  Estimates of the number of children living in low income households were calculated for the years 1996-97 (380,000) and 1998-99 (310,000) and the 70,000 quoted represents the difference between these two estimates. The source of the data is the Scottish sample of DSS Households Below Average Income survey.

Child Poverty

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of children lived in homes with incomes in the lowest quintile in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Jackie Baillie: The following table details the percentage of children living in households with net equivalised income in the lowest quintile for the years 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99 both before and after housing costs.

  Percentage of Children in the Lowest Income Quintile1, Scotland 1996-97 to 1998-99

  

 

1996-97 
  

1997-98 
  

1998-99 
  



Before Housing Costs 
  

31% 
  

31% 
  

28% 
  



After Housing Costs 
  

27% 
  

26% 
  

27% 
  



  Source: DSS Households Below Average Income.

  Notes:

  1. Income is net equivalised household income; equivalisation takes account of the number of individuals living in the household.

  2. Quintiles are based on the GB distribution of income.

  3. Estimates are based on sample counts, and are therefore subject to sampling variability.

  4. Caution should be exercised in drawing conclusions about changes over time due to the small sample sizes in Scotland.

Council Tax

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the number of council tax bands and council tax thresholds.

Peter Peacock: These matters fall within the remit of the current inquiry by the Local Government Committee into local government finance. We will give careful consideration to any recommendation the committee makes about them.

Council Tax

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the increase in council tax was for each council tax band in each local authority area in 1997 and each subsequent year and what the cumulative increase was for each band in each area in each of these years, using 1997 as the base year.

Peter Peacock: The council tax increases for each local authority, for each year from 1997 and the cumulative increases from 1997 are shown in table 1. Table 2 provides the base council tax levels for each band in each local authority area for 1997-98.

  Table 1

  Change in Council Tax

  


Per cent 
  



Authority 
  

1997-98 
  

1998-99 
  

1999-2000 
  

2000-01 
  



Increase from
1996-97 
  

Increase from 
1997-98 
  

Increase from 
1998-99 
  

Cumulative increase from
1997-98 
  

Increase from
1999-2000 
  

Cumulative increase from
1997-98 
  





Aberdeen City 
  

10.0 
  

11.5 
  

3.7 
  

15.6 
  

6.1 
  

22.7 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

8.8 
  

8.1 
  

3.5 
  

11.8 
  

8.1 
  

20.8 
  



Angus 
  

3.0 
  

4.4 
  

3.5 
  

8.1 
  

5.0 
  

13.5 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

18.7 
  

10.0 
  

0.0 
  

10.0 
  

6.5 
  

17.1 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

8.8 
  

10.4 
  

4.9 
  

15.8 
  

4.7 
  

21.2 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

21.0 
  

2.4 
  

4.8 
  

7.3 
  

6.7 
  

14.4 
  



Dundee City 
  

14.9 
  

7.6 
  

4.4 
  

12.4 
  

2.1 
  

14.8 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

9.1 
  

5.1 
  

3.6 
  

8.9 
  

3.5 
  

12.8 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

15.4 
  

2.5 
  

5.1 
  

7.7 
  

0.0 
  

7.7 
  



East Lothian 
  

8.1 
  

5.0 
  

3.8 
  

9.0 
  

8.7 
  

18.5 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

9.8 
  

6.9 
  

4.9 
  

12.2 
  

5.9 
  

18.8 
  



Edinburgh City 
  

3.1 
  

3.6 
  

2.5 
  

6.2 
  

2.9 
  

9.3 
  



Eilean Siar 
  

8.9 
  

9.5 
  

5.0 
  

15.0 
  

5.1 
  

20.9 
  



Falkirk 
  

9.0 
  

2.8 
  

2.9 
  

5.7 
  

5.3 
  

11.3 
  



Fife 
  

7.6 
  

3.2 
  

4.9 
  

8.3 
  

4.9 
  

13.7 
  



Glasgow City 
  

22.0 
  

9.4 
  

0.0 
  

9.4 
  

1.9 
  

11.4 
  



Highland 
  

9.2 
  

8.0 
  

2.9 
  

11.1 
  

5.0 
  

16.7 
  



Inverclyde 
  

9.1 
  

3.9 
  

2.9 
  

6.9 
  

5.1 
  

12.3 
  



Midlothian 
  

19.5 
  

4.0 
  

4.9 
  

9.1 
  

2.9 
  

12.2 
  



Moray 
  

7.3 
  

7.2 
  

3.6 
  

11.0 
  

8.6 
  

20.6 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

8.8 
  

4.6 
  

4.9 
  

9.7 
  

4.9 
  

15.2 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

3.8 
  

3.2 
  

3.9 
  

7.2 
  

3.8 
  

11.3 
  



Orkney 
  

7.3 
  

15.5 
  

4.9 
  

21.2 
  

10.6 
  

34.0 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

4.7 
  

0.0 
  

3.6 
  

3.6 
  

4.9 
  

8.6 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

6.1 
  

0.0 
  

0.0 
  

0.0 
  

8.0 
  

8.0 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

9.7 
  

4.4 
  

4.9 
  

9.5 
  

8.2 
  

18.5 
  



Shetland 
  

9.7 
  

14.8 
  

11.3 
  

27.8 
  

10.1 
  

40.7 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

4.7 
  

3.5 
  

0.0 
  

3.5 
  

5.1 
  

8.8 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

9.5 
  

8.3 
  

2.4 
  

11.0 
  

2.4 
  

13.6 
  



Stirling 
  

14.5 
  

0.8 
  

4.7 
  

5.5 
  

9.9 
  

16.0 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

20.4 
  

3.4 
  

-3.0 
  

0.3 
  

1.8 
  

2.1 
  



West Lothian 
  

16.8 
  

4.7 
  

3.5 
  

8.3 
  

3.5 
  

12.1 
  



  Source: As reported by authorities in Council Tax assumption return (CTAS) for relevant year.

  Table 2

  Council Tax in each Local Authority area by band: 1997-98

  


£ 
  






Band 
  



Authority 
  

A 
  

B 
  

C 
  

D 
  

E 
  

F 
  

G 
  

H 
  



Ratio to band D 
  

6/9 
  

7/9 
  

8/9 
  

1 
  

11/9 
  

13/9 
  

15/9 
  

18/9 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

475 
  

554 
  

633 
  

712 
  

870 
  

1,029 
  

1,187 
  

1,424 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

429 
  

500 
  

572 
  

643 
  

786 
  

929 
  

1,072 
  

1,286 
  



Angus 
  

453 
  

528 
  

604 
  

679 
  

830 
  

981 
  

1,132 
  

1,358 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

534 
  

623 
  

712 
  

801 
  

979 
  

1,157 
  

1,335 
  

1,602 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

502 
  

586 
  

669 
  

753 
  

920 
  

1,088 
  

1,255 
  

1,506 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

476 
  

555 
  

635 
  

714 
  

873 
  

1,031 
  

1,190 
  

1,428 
  



Dundee City 
  

613 
  

716 
  

818 
  

920 
  

1,124 
  

1,329 
  

1,533 
  

1,840 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

519 
  

606 
  

692 
  

779 
  

952 
  

1,125 
  

1,298 
  

1,558 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

514 
  

600 
  

685 
  

771 
  

942 
  

1,114 
  

1,285 
  

1,542 
  



East Lothian 
  

483 
  

563 
  

644 
  

724 
  

885 
  

1,046 
  

1,207 
  

1,448 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

455 
  

530 
  

606 
  

682 
  

834 
  

985 
  

1,137 
  

1,364 
  



Edinburgh City 
  

558 
  

651 
  

744 
  

837 
  

1,023 
  

1,209 
  

1,395 
  

1,674 
  



Eilean Siar 
  

399 
  

466 
  

532 
  

599 
  

732 
  

865 
  

998 
  

1,198 
  



Falkirk 
  

453 
  

529 
  

604 
  

680 
  

831 
  

982 
  

1,133 
  

1,360 
  



Fife 
  

498 
  

581 
  

664 
  

747 
  

913 
  

1,079 
  

1,245 
  

1,494 
  



Glasgow City 
  

655 
  

764 
  

873 
  

982 
  

1,200 
  

1,418 
  

1,637 
  

1,964 
  



Highland 
  

479 
  

559 
  

639 
  

719 
  

879 
  

1,038 
  

1,198 
  

1,438 
  



Inverclyde 
  

554 
  

646 
  

739 
  

831 
  

1,016 
  

1,200 
  

1,385 
  

1,662 
  



Midlothian 
  

572 
  

667 
  

763 
  

858 
  

1,049 
  

1,239 
  

1,430 
  

1,716 
  



Moray 
  

435 
  

507 
  

580 
  

652 
  

797 
  

942 
  

1,087 
  

1,304 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

479 
  

558 
  

638 
  

718 
  

878 
  

1,037 
  

1,197 
  

1,436 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

525 
  

612 
  

700 
  

787 
  

962 
  

1,137 
  

1,312 
  

1,574 
  



Orkney 
  

343 
  

401 
  

458 
  

515 
  

629 
  

744 
  

858 
  

1,030 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

488 
  

569 
  

651 
  

732 
  

895 
  

1,057 
  

1,220 
  

1,464 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

522 
  

609 
  

696 
  

783 
  

957 
  

1,131 
  

1,305 
  

1,566 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

408 
  

476 
  

544 
  

612 
  

748 
  

884 
  

1,020 
  

1,224 
  



Shetland 
  

324 
  

378 
  

432 
  

486 
  

594 
  

702 
  

810 
  

972 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

510 
  

595 
  

680 
  

765 
  

935 
  

1,105 
  

1,275 
  

1,530 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

529 
  

617 
  

705 
  

793 
  

969 
  

1,145 
  

1,322 
  

1,586 
  



Stirling 
  

517 
  

604 
  

690 
  

776 
  

948 
  

1,121 
  

1,293 
  

1,552 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

652 
  

761 
  

869 
  

978 
  

1,195 
  

1,413 
  

1,630 
  

1,956 
  



West Lothian 
  

528 
  

616 
  

704 
  

792 
  

968 
  

1,144 
  

1,320 
  

1,584 
  



  Source: As reported by Scottish Local Authorities to the Scottish Office in their CTAS 1997-98.

Crime

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated loss to the economy is of smuggling spirits into Scotland.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The information requested is not available. Excise duties and the enforcement of them are a reserved matter and therefore the responsibility of HM Customs and Excise. I understand that Customs and Excise do not make separate assessments of the extent of smuggling into Scotland.

Crime

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions for the smuggling of spirits have taken place in each year since 1997; what sentences were imposed, and what quantities of spirits were involved.

Neil Davidson: Smuggling cases are prosecuted under the Customs and Excise Acts and are not broken down for recording purposes according to the nature of the contraband.

Culture

Ian Jenkins (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take in order to ensure the continued use of Balnain House, Inverness as a centre for traditional arts and culture; whether it has allocated any funding for this purpose and, if not, whether it will urge the Scottish Arts Council, the Highlands and Islands Enterprise network, or any other body to do so.

Allan Wilson: None. The closure of Balnain House was a decision for the company. The Scottish Arts Council continues to support traditional arts in the area and is working with others in the Highland Arts Partnership to develop long-term plans to ensure their sustainable future.

Culture

Irene McGugan (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in developing sustainable alternative ways of promoting traditional and Gaelic arts and music in Inverness and the Highlands and in ensuring the continuance of the educational work done at Balnain House, Inverness following its closure, and what funding it is making available for this, particularly for tuition.

Mr Sam Galbraith: The Scottish Arts Council is working, with other members of the Highland Arts Partnership, to develop sustainable programmes of support for the traditional arts. I have therefore asked the Director of the Arts Council to write to the member with the requested information and to make it available to the Parliament’s Information Centre.

Culture

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance it has given this financial year to (a) Scottish Opera and (b) Balnain House, Inverness.

Mr Sam Galbraith: None.   The main channel for public funding of the arts in Scotland is the Scottish Arts Council. I have therefore asked the Director of the Arts Council to write to the member with the requested information and to make it available in the Parliaments Reference Centre.

Education

Ian Jenkins (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10595 by Mr Jack McConnell on 20 November 2000, why the number of presentations of pupils in technological studies at Standard Grade and Higher Grade has decreased over the last five years.

Mr Jack McConnell: The decline in uptake in technological studies is due to pupils choosing to undertake other courses of study. These may include the other subjects within the technology mode in which the overall number of presentations has risen.

Enterprise

Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to prevent further industrial decline and job losses in the Arbroath area following the recent job losses caused by the closure of the Alps Electric, Swankie’s and Stewart and Stevenson factories.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The First Minister met with a delegation comprising Mr Andrew Welsh MSP and representatives of Angus Council and Arbroath Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday 15 January to discuss proposals for an aid package for Arbroath. These proposals are being carefully considered by the Scottish Executive.

Environmental Health

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions for environmental health offences there were in each year since 1997 and, of these, how many related to food poisoning, broken down by local authority area in each case.

Susan Deacon: Since April 2000, the role of collating food enforcement activities from local authorities passed from the Scottish Executive to the Food Standards Agency. The tables provide prosecution and conviction figures broken down by local authority.

  There is no subdivision to identify offences relating food poisoning.

  Figures for Prosecutions and Convictions for 1997, broken down by Local Authority

  


Authority 
  

Prosecutions 
  

Convictions 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

7 
  

4 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

3 
  

0 
  



Angus 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

2 
  

0 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

3 
  

0 
  



Dundee City 
  

1 
  

1 
  



City of Edinburgh 
  

5 
  

1 
  



Falkirk 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Fife 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Glasgow City 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Highland 
  

1 
  

0 
  



Inverclyde 
  

0 
  

0 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

3 
  

3 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

2 
  

2 
  



East Lothian 
  

0 
  

0 
  



West Lothian 
  

4 
  

4 
  



Midlothian 
  

2 
  

0 
  



Moray 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Orkney Islands 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

5 
  

2 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

2 
  

0 
  



Shetland Islands 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Stirling 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Totals 
  

43 
  

20 
  



  Figures for Prosecutions and Convictions for 1998, broken down by Local Authority

  


Authority 
  

Prosecutions 
  

Convictions 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

4 
  

4 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

2 
  

1 
  



Angus 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

1 
  

1 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

1 
  

0 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Dundee City 
  

0 
  

0 
  



City of Edinburgh 
  

22 
  

16 
  



Falkirk 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Fife 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Glasgow City 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Highland 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Inverclyde 
  

0 
  

0 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

8 
  

6 
  



East Lothian 
  

0 
  

0 
  



West Lothian 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Midlothian 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Moray 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Orkney Islands 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

5 
  

0 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

3 
  

1 
  



Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Totals 
  

51 
  

34 
  



  Figures for Prosecutions and Convictions for 1999, broken down by Local Authority

  


Authority 
  

Prosecutions 
  

Convictions 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Angus 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

1 
  

0 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

1 
  

0 
  



Dundee City 
  

0 
  

0 
  



City of Edinburgh 
  

6 
  

6 
  



Falkirk 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Fife 
  

11 
  

5 
  



City of Glasgow 
  

2 
  

1 
  



Highland 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Inverclyde 
  

0 
  

0 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Lothian 
  

2 
  

2 
  



West Lothian 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Mid Lothian 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Moray 
  

1 
  

0 
  



Orkney Islands 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

4 
  

0 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

2 
  

2 
  



Shetland 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Stirling 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Western Isles 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Totals 
  

32 
  

18 
  



  Figures for Prosecutions and Convictions for 2000, broken down by Local Authority.

  Figures for the year 2000 are up to and including the third quarter. They are as follows:

  


Authority 
  

Prosecutions 
  

Convictions 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

3 
  

2 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Angus 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

1 
  

0 
  



Dundee 
  

0 
  

0 
  



City of Edinburgh 
  

4 
  

4 
  



Falkirk 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Fife 
  

4 
  

4 
  



City of Glasgow 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Highland 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Inverclyde 
  

0 
  

1 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

1 
  

0 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

2 
  

1 
  



East Lothian 
  

0 
  

0 
  



West Lothian 
  

2 
  

1 
  



Mid Lothian 
  

1 
  

0 
  



Moray 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Orkney 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

0 
  

0 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

1 
  

1 
  



Shetland 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Stirling 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Western Isles 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Totals 
  

20 
  

15

Exam Results

Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive in how many schools 19 or more pupils achieved A passes in Higher Geography last year.

Mr Jack McConnell: Pre-appeal results for the 2000 exams show that nine schools had 19 or more pupils achieve A passes in Higher Geography.

Ferry Services

Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail all funding given to local authorities and public bodies in the Highlands and Islands parliamentary region for the provision or improvement of ferry services to islands or on mainland to mainland routes in (i) 1999 and (ii) 2000, broken down by project and local authority.

Sarah Boyack: The Scottish Executive funds ferry services and associated infrastructure provided by local authorities and other public bodies in a number of ways, including the support given to Caledonian MacBrayne, resources from the Public Transport Fund and Rural Transport Fund and funding under the local authority and Caledonian MacBrayne Piers and Harbours Grant Schemes. Information relating to such funding is set out in the following table. This is available on a financial, rather than calendar, year basis and the 2000-01 information relates to estimated outturn and is incomplete. A block deficit grant is awarded to Caledonian MacBrayne and it is not possible to disaggregate this by local authority area or by parliamentary boundaries. The table does not include support for ferry services offered by local authorities from their own resources.

  





£000 
  






1999-2000 
  

2000-01 
  



CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE 
  



Deficit Grant 
  

14,975 
  

20,300 
  



Capital Grant for vessels: 
  
 
 



MV Hebrides 
  

7,590 
  

3,036 
  



MV Lochnevis 
  

1,638 
  

- 
  



PUBLIC TRANSPORT FUND 
  



Highland Council 
  



Corran Ferry: Replacement Vessel 
  

265 
  

- 
  



RURAL TRANSPORT FUND 
  



Argyll and Bute Council 
  



Contribution to Kilchoan/Tobermory Winter Ferry 
  

4 
  

Not yet available 
  



Easdale Ferry – 3 additional sailings 
  

5 
  

Not yet available 
  



Highland Council 
  



Sconser to Raasay - additional sailings 
  

9 
  

Not yet available 
  



Contribution to Kilchoan/Tobermory Winter Ferry 
  

5 
  

Not yet available 
  



Shetland Islands Council 
  



Additional Community Ferry Runs Covering 9 Routes 
  

48 
  

Not yet available 
  



PIERS AND HARBOURS GRANT – CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE 
  



Kilchoan Slipway 
  

123 
  

- 
  



Castlebay Dolphin 
  

13 
  

13 
  



Colintraive/Rhubodach 
  

12 
  

124 
  



Tobermory Slipway 
  

186 
  

2 
  



Lochaline 
  

20 
  

9 
  



Lochboisdale Dolphin 
  

65 
  

18 
  



Egilsay Dredging 
  

4 
  

- 
  



Tiree walkway 
  

- 
  

23 
  



Fishnish Slipway 
  

- 
  

31 
  



Tarbert(Harris) Dolphin 
  

- 
  

437 
  



Coll Pier 
  

- 
  

17 
  



PIERS AND HARBOURS GRANT – LOCAL AUTHORITIES 
  



Orkney Islands Council 
  



Stromness Harbour 
  

3 
  

52 
  



Stromness Seabed Study 
  

- 
  

6 
  



North Ronaldsay Pier 
  

17 
  

- 
  



Shapinsay Marshalling 
  

- 
  

39 
  



Longhope Pier 
  

- 
  

9 
  



Tingwell Terminal 
  

- 
  

25 
  



Highland Council 
  



Muck Slipway 
  

250 
  

- 
  



Small Isles Slipway 
  

- 
  

1,849 
  



Bredakirk Link 
  

- 
  

19 
  



Uig Pier 
  

- 
  

106 
  



Shetland Islands Council 
  



Linkspan Upgrades 
  

- 
  

414

Fisheries

Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to change the capacity penalty arrangements applying to the transfer and aggregation of fishing vessel licences.

Rhona Brankin: The operation of fishing vessel licensing arrangements has been recently reviewed by a joint industry/departmental working group and a copy of the group’s report is being placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre.

  The working group has recommended that the existing capacity penalty arrangements should be maintained for the time being but that the penalty relating to the uprating of an existing engine, or to an increase in power following its replacement, should be based on the increase in the vessel’s capacity rather than its overall capacity. The Fisheries Departments in the UK agree and arrangements are being made to notify the owners of licensed fishing vessels.

  As of today a 20% capacity penalty will operate for the uprating or replacement of an existing vessel engine provided the resulting increase in engine power does not exceed 35%. This penalty will be reduced to 10% where an engine is uprated or replaced before 31 December 2001. However, except in the case of pelagic vessels, where vessel capacity units (VCUs) are taken from vessels under 18 metres in overall length and aggregated onto licensed vessels measuring 18 metres or more in overall length, the capacity penalty will be 30%. Provision will also be made for the splitting of fishing vessel licences for the purpose of engine power adjustments.

  The Fisheries Departments, in conjunction with the European Commission, are also prepared to consider, on a case-by-case basis, waiving capacity penalties and compliance with tonnage rules for vessel improvements which relate exclusively to improved safety and which will not result in an increase in a vessel’s fishing effort. Under EU legislation, member states may apply for an increase in tonnage objectives under their relevant Multi Annual Guidance Programme to take account of increases in vessel capacity resulting exclusively from safety improvements. Advantage is now being taken of that facility.

  In the longer term the Fisheries Departments in the UK wish to simplify the present capacity regime and, with the exception of engine power adjustments, plan to return to a situation where a single penalty applies. The present capacity penalties will therefore end on 31 March 2003 and be replaced on 1 April 2003 by a single penalty which will also apply to tonnage and engine power as well as vessel capacity units. Since two years notice of these changes is being given, no provision will be made for so-called pipeline cases. The views of the fishing industry and other interests are being sought on the level at which the capacity penalty should be fixed and whether this should apply to both licence transfers and aggregations or to aggregations alone.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Cathy Peattie (Falkirk East) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to consider the arrangements made for the transportation of livestock with a view to minimising vectors for the transmission of disease and enhancing animal welfare.

Ross Finnie: Containment and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in Scotland is the Scottish Executive’s first priority and we are taking all steps necessary to achieve this. Guidance has been issued which makes clear the requirement to thoroughly disinfect all transport used for authorised livestock movements.

  Lessons can be learnt from all disease outbreaks and the Scottish Executive will carefully review the circumstances of this outbreak.

Gaelic

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many Gaelic-medium units are currently short of teachers.

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers Gaelic-medium units will be short of in (a) August 2001 and (b) August 2002.

Mr Jack McConnell: No information is currently collected centrally on teacher vacancies in Gaelic-medium units. As you are aware I have sent a report on the supply of teachers to the Convener of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee detailing the background to the current position on the collection of information relevant to teacher supply and outlining planned improvements to current methods. Copies of this report have been made available to committee members and it has been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. no. 10751). A response to your question can be found at paragraphs 28-36 of the report.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reported instruction by the Scottish Executive’s Head of New Media and Presentation that NHSiS staff should not give out information, photographs or reactions to researchers from the Sunday Times Good Hospital Guide would comply with the requirements of its proposed Freedom of Information Bill.

Susan Deacon: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-12481 on 8 March 2001

Health

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8790 by Susan Deacon on 20 November 2000, what response it has had from the Child Health Sub-Group of the National Screening Committee regarding the letter from W J McKenna, Professor of Cardiac Medicine at St George’s Hospital Medical School, London regarding the likely incidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Susan Deacon: The points made by Professor McKenna regarding the likely incidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy will be amongst the information considered by the Child Health Sub-Group of the National Screening Committee in their regular review of their advice on this topic. We have not been made aware of any decision to change current advice.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how Local Health Care Co-operatives will be supported in promoting and advising on disease prevention and health promotion.

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change will encourage and bring about innovation and the delivery of better health care by Local Health Care Co-operatives.

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how Local Health Care Co-operatives will be consulted on the allocation of NHS resources.

Susan Deacon: Many Local Health Care Co-operatives (LHCCS) already carry out extensive health promotion activities. We wish to build on this work. We will set out the next steps in the development of LHCCs, over the next few months, following the submission of the LHCC Best Practice Group’s report. The new unified health boards will also have a key role to play in developing primary care services and strengthening the role of LHCCs. In addition, I announced on 12 March as part of the Review of the Contribution of Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors to improving the Public’s Health that each LHCC will receive funding for a Public Health Practitioner to lead and co-ordinate better health in the country.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS staff will be allocated to assist with home births where this is the preferred option chosen by parents.

Susan Deacon: Women have the right to choose how and where they give birth, having been given the information to allow them to make informed decisions by balancing risks.

  Maternity Services, in line with the Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland, should provide a fully integrated childbirth service responsive to the needs of mothers and their new-born babies.

Homelessness

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to assist homeless people aged 16-24 to find employment, training or further education.

Ms Wendy Alexander: Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government, which takes the lead on funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland, it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing organisations.

  The New Deal for Young People provides help to all those aged 18-24 who have been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) for six months or more to find work and improve their prospects of remaining in sustained employment. Young homeless jobseekers may be given early entry to the New Deal.

  The Executive is also assisting young homeless people through the New Futures Fund which has provided funding for 29 different homeless projects across the country. Through intensive intervention and support these projects help people overcome barriers of confidence and motivation and assist them to develop employability and work skills.

Homelessness

Dr Winnie Ewing (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) individuals and (b) families were homeless in (i) Highland Council area, (ii) the Western Isles, (iii) the Orkney islands, (iv) the Shetland Islands and (v) Scotland in each year since 1990.

Jackie Baillie: The available information relates to applications to Scottish local authorities under the homeless persons legislation. The following two tables give the numbers of such applications where a single person (Table 1) or a household with dependent children (Table 2), was assessed by the local authority as being homeless. It should be noted that some of the applications recorded in each year will be from single persons or households who have applied more than once during the year, although the full extent of repeat applications is not known. Information for 1999-2000 is not yet available.

  Applications Assessed as Homeless:

  Single Person households: 1990-91 to 1998-99

  


Table 1 
  



Year of application 
  

Highland Council 
  

Eilean Siar (Western Isles) 
  

Orkney Isles 
  

Shetland Isles 
  

Scotland 
  



1990-91 
  

65 
  

22 
  

3 
  

53 
  

 6,800 
  



1991-92 
  

92 
  

20 
  

7 
  

48 
  

 9,500 
  



1992-93 
  

108 
  

45 
  

14 
  

52 
  

 11,100 
  



1993-94 
  

126 
  

49 
  

12 
  

68 
  

 13,700 
  



1994-95 
  

110 
  

47 
  

41 
  

41 
  

 15,900 
  



1995-96 
  

105 
  

63 
  

22 
  

76 
  

 15,100 
  



1996-97 
  

136 
  

72 
  

29 
  

105 
  

 15,600 
  



1997-98 
  

150 
  

85 
  

37 
  

68 
  

 17,700 
  



1998-99 
  

156 
  

50 
  

33 
  

50 
  

 19,300 
  



  Since the number of case returns submitted by each authority is sometimes less than the total number of applications which they report for a particular year, some of the figures in the table are estimates made by grossing to the reported total number of applications. Scotland figures are estimated similarly and are also rounded to the nearest hundred. See the Scottish Executive publication HSG/2000/5 for more details.

  Applications Assessed as Homeless:

  Households with Dependent Children: 1990-91 to 1998-99

  


Table 2 
  



Year of application 
  

Highland Council 
  

Eilean Siar (Western Isles) 
  

Orkney Isles 
  

Shetland Isles 
  

Scotland 
  



1990-91 
  

157 
  

22 
  

19 
  

45 
  

 7,700 
  



1991-92 
  

269 
  

32 
  

13 
  

41 
  

 8,200 
  



1992-93 
  

263 
  

36 
  

18 
  

32 
  

 8,400 
  



1993-94 
  

243 
  

49 
  

13 
  

28 
  

 8,200 
  



1994-95 
  

210 
  

49 
  

42 
  

33 
  

 8,100 
  



1995-96 
  

205 
  

31 
  

21 
  

27 
  

 7,400 
  



1996-97 
  

201 
  

25 
  

27 
  

23 
  

 7,500 
  



1997-98 
  

215 
  

42 
  

32 
  

41 
  

 7,900 
  



1998-99 
  

184 
  

17 
  

20 
  

40 
  

 7,800 
  



  Since the number of case returns submitted by each authority is sometimes less than the total number of applications which they report for a particular year, some of the figures in the table are estimates made by grossing to the reported total number of applications. Scotland figures are estimated similarly and are also rounded to the nearest hundred. See the Scottish Executive publication HSG/2000/5 for more details.

Hospitals

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital chaplains are presently employed by the health service, which hospitals they serve and which church each represents.

Susan Deacon: There are currently 519 chaplains employed in the health service. The breakdown by denomination is as follows:

  Church of Scotland 287

  Roman Catholic 160

  Scottish Episcopal 71

  Chaplains directly employed by Trust 1

  (There are 2 vacant posts at present)

  A breakdown of denomination by each hospital is not held centrally. More detailed information may be obtained from individual Trusts. The names and addresses of all Trusts are available on the Scottish Health on the Web website at www.show.scot.nhs.uk.

Housing

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty’s Government regarding harmonisation of VAT on building work at 5% for both new build and repairs as proposed in Better Homes for Scotland’s Communities , the response by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities to its Housing (Scotland) Bill, and regarding the effect of any such harmonisation on levels of housing grants and subsidies.

Jackie Baillie: The Scottish Executive and Her Majesty’s Government are frequently in touch to discuss a wide range of issues including taxation. Taxation remains reserved to the Westminster Parliament. The Scottish Executive takes full account of representations made to it on such issues and continues to liase with the relevant Whitehall Departments to ensure that Scottish interests are taken fully into account.

Maternity Services

Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a guarantee that the Rankin maternity unit will not be removed from Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

Susan Deacon: The provision of maternity services in Argyll and Clyde is a matter for Argyll and Clyde Health Board and Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Any proposals for significant change or reconfiguration of maternity services must be subject to comprehensive public consultation.

  The Maternity Services Framework, which was published on 2 February, establishes clear action points and recommendations to enable NHS boards, NHS Trusts and other agencies to put in place maternity services appropriate to the needs of the population and demography of Scotland.

Mental Health

Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital beds in each health board area are currently designated for mentally disordered offenders referred under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 or the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last five years.

Susan Deacon: The information is not available centrally in the form requested. However, information on the number of general psychiatry beds by health board area of treatment for each of the last five years is set out in the following table. A small proportion of these beds will be used for forensic psychiatric patients. The increasing provision of community-based care has lead to a corresponding reduction in the number of hospital beds.

  Table 1

  NHSiS - General Psychiatry1 average available staffed beds2, 3; by Health Board area of treatment4; years ending 31 March 1996-2000

  

 

Year Ending 
  



1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  



All Health Board Areas 
  

4,678 
  

4,367 
  

4,301 
  

4,143 
  

3,888 
  



Argyll & Clyde 
  

561 
  

560 
  

570 
  

521 
  

496 
  



Ayrshire & Arran 
  

273 
  

273 
  

264 
  

248 
  

238 
  



Borders 
  

84 
  

85 
  

82 
  

75 
  

67 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

181 
  

158 
  

158 
  

154 
  

122 
  



Fife 
  

284 
  

282 
  

270 
  

269 
  

276 
  



Forth Valley 
  

262 
  

260 
  

261 
  

261 
  

207 
  



Grampian 
  

407 
  

344 
  

324 
  

310 
  

307 
  



Greater Glasgow 
  

787 
  

672 
  

698 
  

715 
  

677 
  



Highland 
  

172 
  

150 
  

140 
  

140 
  

140 
  



Lanarkshire 
  

415 
  

390 
  

402 
  

392 
  

358 
  



Lothian 
  

730 
  

679 
  

659 
  

637 
  

599 
  



Orkney 
  

- 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Shetland 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Tayside 
  

511 
  

502 
  

465 
  

412 
  

394 
  



Western Isles 
  

11 
  

11 
  

10 
  

10 
  

6 
  



  Source: ISD Scotland (Form ISD(S)1).

  Reference: ISD/HCIU/20010170 Date: 13/02/01

  Notes:

  1. Includes forensic psychiatry.

  2. Comprises NHS beds in NHS hospitals and NHS beds in non-NHS locations.

  3. Excludes children’s hospitals (Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, RHSC, Yorkhill and Edinburgh).

  4. Health board totals are the totals for the hospitals within each health board area, and do not take account of any cross-border flow of patients.

NHS Equipment

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many positron emission tomography scanners are currently in use in the NHSiS.

Susan Deacon: There is one Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner sited in the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen which is used for research purposes, for example in hip replacement and assessing how bones heal.

  The use of PET scanning in cancer will be one of the first assessments undertaken by the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) during the coming year.

NHS Expenditure

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when per capita expenditure on the NHS in Scotland will reach the same level as in Northern Ireland.

Susan Deacon: Per capita expenditure on NHSScotland already exceeds the equivalent per capita expenditure on the NHS in Northern Ireland. In 1999-2000 Scotland spent £966 per person on health services compared to £874 per person in Northern Ireland.

NHS Pay

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to include biomedical scientists in the scope of the pay review body mechanism.

Susan Deacon: The issue of extended coverage of the Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine Pay Review Body (NPRB) is being considered in discussions on Agenda for Change: Modernising the NHS Pay System .

NHS Waiting Lists

Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were waiting for admission to hospital in (a) Scotland and (b) each health board area in each quarter of (i) 1987 and (ii) 1992 and how many patients were waiting for admission to hospital in each NHS Trust in each quarter of each year from 1995 to date.

Susan Deacon: Prior to March 1988, information on in-patient and day case waiting lists was compiled to a completely different set of definitions and procedures, and is not comparable with subsequent data. Information on the number of patients awaiting admission to hospital for in-patient/day case treatment on the last day of each quarter of 1992, by health board area of treatment, and on the last day of each quarter since March 1995, by NHS Trust or Directly Managed Unit of treatment, is provided in the tables.

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By Health Board Of Treatment

  


Health Board 
  

31 March 1992 
  

30 June 1992 
  

30 September 1992 
  

31 December 1992 
  



Argyll and Clyde 
  

4,612 
  

4,881 
  

5,088 
  

5,183 
  



Ayrshire and Arran 
  

6,195 
  

6,167 
  

6,861 
  

6,785 
  



Borders 
  

616 
  

736 
  

777 
  

775 
  



Dumfries and Galloway 
  

2,193 
  

2,412 
  

2,382 
  

2,407 
  



Fife 
  

4,784 
  

4,732 
  

4,741 
  

5,168 
  



Forth Valley 
  

3,140 
  

3,390 
  

3,695 
  

4,251 
  



Grampian 
  

6,665 
  

6,799 
  

6,833 
  

7,061 
  



Greater Glasgow 
  

20,493 
  

20,558 
  

20,950 
  

21,877 
  



Highland 
  

3,101 
  

2,742 
  

3,056 
  

3,099 
  



Lanarkshire 
  

5,599 
  

5,272 
  

5,693 
  

6,392 
  



Lothian 
  

16,274 
  

17,064 
  

16,115 
  

17,127 
  



Orkney 
  

14 
  

35 
  

55 
  

16 
  



Shetland 
  

113 
  

74 
  

121 
  

104 
  



Tayside 
  

8,689 
  

8,080 
  

7,359 
  

7,167 
  



Western Isles 
  

159 
  

159 
  

148 
  

145 
  



Scotland 
  

82,647 
  

83,101 
  

83,874 
  

87,557 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By NHS Trust And Directly Managed Unit.

  


NHS Trust/Directly Managed Unit 
  

31 March 1995 
  

30 June 1995 
  

30 September 1995 
  

31 December 1995 
  



Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 
  

6,174 
  

6,301 
  

6,414 
  

6,762 
  



Angus 
  

613 
  

564 
  

554 
  

562 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

- 
  

238 
  

214 
  

248 
  



Argyll and Bute Unit 
  

274 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care 
  

1 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Borders Community Health Services 
  

2 
  

3 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Borders General Hospital 
  

1,094 
  

972 
  

978 
  

1,024 
  



Caithness and Sutherland 
  

281 
  

278 
  

286 
  

300 
  



Central Scotland Healthcare 
  

2 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Dumbarton Unit1


416 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity 
  

2,389 
  

2,368 
  

2,214 
  

2,069 
  



Dundee Health Care 
  

36 
  

14 
  

19 
  

18 
  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 
  

4,653 
  

4,157 
  

4,731 
  

5,354 
  



East and Midlothian 
  

894 
  

851 
  

804 
  

733 
  



Edinburgh Healthcare 
  

3 
  

3 
  

4 
  

1 
  



Edinburgh Sick Children’s 
  

1,149 
  

1,263 
  

1,325 
  

1,198 
  



Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary 
  

1,811 
  

1,493 
  

1,473 
  

1,558 
  



Fife Healthcare 
  

291 
  

353 
  

279 
  

418 
  



Glasgow Royal Infirmary University 
  

6,982 
  

6,838 
  

7,397 
  

7,431 
  



Grampian Healthcare 
  

772 
  

502 
  

621 
  

702 
  



Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals 
  

2,492 
  

2,526 
  

2,894 
  

3,009 
  



Highland Communities 
  

132 
  

130 
  

152 
  

191 
  



Inverclyde Royal 
  

1,795 
  

2,038 
  

2,110 
  

2,030 
  



Kirkcaldy Acute 
  

2,697 
  

2,552 
  

2,466 
  

2,667 
  



Law Hospital 
  

2,528 
  

2,560 
  

2,458 
  

2,360 
  



Lomond Healthcare 
  

- 
  

357 
  

371 
  

326 
  



Monklands and Bellshill 
  

2,001 
  

1,844 
  

1,914 
  

1,942 
  



Moray Health Services 
  

629 
  

700 
  

789 
  

834 
  



North Ayrshire and Arran 
  

2,403 
  

2,218 
  

2,144 
  

2,144 
  



Orkney Health Board Unit 
  

59 
  

46 
  

43 
  

55 
  



Perth and Kinross 
  

1,327 
  

1,217 
  

1,317 
  

1,423 
  



Queen Margaret Hospital 
  

1,931 
  

2,411 
  

2,237 
  

2,028 
  



Raigmore Hospital 
  

2,881 
  

2,692 
  

2,736 
  

2,834 
  



Renfrewshire Healthcare 
  

19 
  

11 
  

5 
  

11 
  



Royal Alexandra Hospital 
  

2,732 
  

2,838 
  

2,629 
  

2,738 
  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 
  

6,905 
  

6,534 
  

6,956 
  

6,863 
  



Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit 
  

200 
  

188 
  

158 
  

117 
  



South Ayrshire Hospitals 
  

2,356 
  

2,313 
  

2,327 
  

2,622 
  



Southern General Hospital 
  

2,396 
  

2,536 
  

2,652 
  

2,817 
  



Stirling Royal Infirmary 
  

1,619 
  

1,654 
  

1,809 
  

2,076 
  



Stobhill 
  

2,192 
  

2,162 
  

2,150 
  

1,979 
  



The Yorkhill 
  

1,236 
  

1,474 
  

1,549 
  

1,540 
  



Victoria Infirmary 
  

2,715 
  

2,709 
  

2,894 
  

2,989 
  



West Glasgow Hospitals University 
  

3,463 
  

3,423 
  

3,247 
  

3,445 
  



West Lothian 
  

2,613 
  

2,636 
  

2,603 
  

2,680 
  



West General Hospitals 
  

2,249 
  

2,358 
  

2,250 
  

2,431 
  



Western Isles Health 
  

296 
  

256 
  

309 
  

282 
  



Scotland 
  

79,703 
  

78,582 
  

80,482 
  

82,811 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By NHS Trust And Directly Managed Unit

  


NHS Trust/Directly Managed Unit 
  

31 March 1996 
  

30 June 1996 
  

30 September 1996 
  

31 December 1996 
  



Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 
  

6,811 
  

7,197 
  

7,283 
  

7,625 
  



Angus 
  

558 
  

527 
  

404 
  

384 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

243 
  

257 
  

258 
  

237 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care 
  

- 
  

- 
  

11 
  

7 
  



Borders General Hospital 
  

995 
  

1,059 
  

1,241 
  

1,336 
  



Caithness and Sutherland 
  

259 
  

279 
  

228 
  

227 
  



Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity 
  

1,953 
  

1,867 
  

1,770 
  

1,846 
  



Dundee Health Care 
  

36 
  

42 
  

13 
  

15 
  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 
  

5,415 
  

5,077 
  

5,192 
  

5,428 
  



East and Midlothian 
  

956 
  

826 
  

831 
  

915 
  



Edinburgh Healthcare 
  

1 
  

- 
  

3 
  

6 
  



Edinburgh Sick Children’s 
  

1,228 
  

1,181 
  

1,297 
  

1,303 
  



Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary 
  

1,725 
  

1,671 
  

1,636 
  

1,685 
  



Fife Healthcare 
  

475 
  

274 
  

191 
  

446 
  



Glasgow Royal Infirmary University 
  

6,960 
  

6,949 
  

6,721 
  

6,600 
  



Grampian Healthcare 
  

730 
  

679 
  

644 
  

760 
  



Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals 
  

3,063 
  

3,180 
  

3,359 
  

3,457 
  



Highland Communities 
  

146 
  

146 
  

161 
  

149 
  



Inverclyde Royal 
  

2,015 
  

2,131 
  

2,044 
  

2,084 
  



Kirkcaldy Acute 
  

2,818 
  

2,794 
  

2,769 
  

2,774 
  



Law Hospital 
  

2,090 
  

1,772 
  

1,824 
  

1,941 
  



Lomond Healthcare 
  

397 
  

417 
  

372 
  

438 
  



Monklands and Bellshill 
  

1,865 
  

1,989 
  

2,008 
  

2,000 
  



Moray Health Services 
  

792 
  

864 
  

800 
  

1,086 
  



North Ayrshire and Arran 
  

2,281 
  

2,030 
  

2,103 
  

2,080 
  



Orkney Health Board Unit 
  

60 
  

43 
  

55 
  

19 
  



Perth and Kinross 
  

1,418 
  

1,374 
  

1,559 
  

1,824 
  



Queen Margaret Hospital 
  

2,373 
  

2,491 
  

2,557 
  

3,038 
  



Raigmore Hospital 
  

2,835 
  

2,729 
  

2,499 
  

2,779 
  



Renfrewshire Healthcare 
  

14 
  

14 
  

18 
  

4 
  



Royal Alexandra Hospital 
  

2,560 
  

2,487 
  

2,563 
  

2,603 
  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 
  

6,697 
  

6,321 
  

5,881 
  

6,272 
  



Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit 
  

176 
  

107 
  

165 
  

159 
  



South Ayrshire Hospitals 
  

2,733 
  

2,684 
  

2,491 
  

2,466 
  



Southern General Hospital 
  

2,888 
  

2,752 
  

2,580 
  

2,363 
  



Stirling Royal Infirmary 
  

2,206 
  

1,968 
  

1,960 
  

2,125 
  



Stobhill 
  

1,719 
  

1,581 
  

1,400 
  

1,379 
  



The Yorkhill 
  

1,308 
  

1,390 
  

1,327 
  

1,119 
  



Victoria Infirmary 
  

3,043 
  

3,140 
  

3,295 
  

3,151 
  



West Glasgow Hospitals University 
  

3,251 
  

3,537 
  

3,549 
  

3,506 
  



West Lothian 
  

2,819 
  

2,687 
  

2,413 
  

2,639 
  



West General Hospitals 
  

2,491 
  

2,368 
  

2,113 
  

2,309 
  



Western Isles Health 
  

237 
  

225 
  

255 
  

264 
  



Scotland 
  

82,640 
  

81,106 
  

79,843 
  

82,848 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By NHS Trust And Directly Managed Unit

  


NHS Trust/Directly Managed Unit 
  

31 March 1997 
  

30 June 1997 
  

30 September 1997 
  

31 December 1997 
  



Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 
  

7,464 
  

7,484 
  

7,260 
  

7,751 
  



Angus 
  

630 
  

528 
  

470 
  

517 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

315 
  

303 
  

296 
  

291 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care 
  

6 
  

11 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Borders General Hospital 
  

1,287 
  

1,332 
  

1,268 
  

1,277 
  



Caithness and Sutherland 
  

262 
  

290 
  

263 
  

247 
  



Central Scotland Healthcare 
  

- 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity 
  

1,981 
  

1,927 
  

1,964 
  

1,724 
  



Dundee Health Care 
  

5 
  

21 
  

35 
  

15 
  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 
  

5,360 
  

5,620 
  

5,891 
  

5,958 
  



East and Midlothian 
  

957 
  

768 
  

768 
  

769 
  



Edinburgh Sick Children’s 
  

1,418 
  

1,507 
  

1,410 
  

1,230 
  



Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary 
  

1,658 
  

1,531 
  

1,630 
  

1,751 
  



Fife Healthcare 
  

363 
  

115 
  

90 
  

139 
  



Glasgow Royal Infirmary University 
  

7,063 
  

7,043 
  

6,979 
  

6,963 
  



Grampian Healthcare 
  

648 
  

523 
  

548 
  

616 
  



Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals 
  

3,717 
  

3,591 
  

3,680 
  

3,574 
  



Highland Communities 
  

178 
  

166 
  

131 
  

149 
  



Inverclyde Royal 
  

1,984 
  

1,990 
  

1,941 
  

2,029 
  



Kirkcaldy Acute 
  

3,206 
  

3,466 
  

3,364 
  

3,619 
  



Law Hospital 
  

1,821 
  

2,081 
  

2,217 
  

1,926 
  



Lomond Healthcare 
  

538 
  

490 
  

433 
  

480 
  



Monklands and Bellshill 
  

1,895 
  

1,895 
  

1,944 
  

2,277 
  



Moray Health Services 
  

1,025 
  

1,109 
  

1,221 
  

1,284 
  



North Ayrshire and Arran 
  

2,155 
  

2,302 
  

2,437 
  

2,655 
  



Orkney Health Board Unit 
  

56 
  

47 
  

46 
  

49 
  



Perth and Kinross 
  

1,931 
  

2,225 
  

2,321 
  

2,402 
  



Queen Margaret Hospital 
  

2,730 
  

2,623 
  

2,616 
  

2,714 
  



Raigmore Hospital 
  

2,883 
  

2,943 
  

2,884 
  

2,771 
  



Renfrewshire Healthcare 
  

28 
  

27 
  

14 
  

18 
  



Royal Alexandra Hospital 
  

2,777 
  

2,634 
  

2,479 
  

2,656 
  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 
  

5,945 
  

5,810 
  

5,870 
  

5,925 
  



Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit 
  

137 
  

159 
  

142 
  

111 
  



South Ayrshire Hospitals 
  

2,961 
  

2,749 
  

2,676 
  

2,872 
  



Southern General Hospital 
  

2,295 
  

2,463 
  

2,405 
  

2,423 
  



Stirling Royal Infirmary 
  

2,135 
  

2,187 
  

2,274 
  

2,429 
  



Stobhill 
  

1,321 
  

1,483 
  

1,563 
  

1,583 
  



The Yorkhill 
  

1,207 
  

1,135 
  

1,292 
  

1,620 
  



Victoria Infirmary 
  

3,219 
  

3,183 
  

3,238 
  

2,979 
  



West Glasgow Hospitals University 
  

3,722 
  

3,851 
  

3,801 
  

4,057 
  



West Lothian 
  

2,628 
  

2,717 
  

2,741 
  

3,117 
  



West General Hospitals 
  

2,460 
  

2,249 
  

2,149 
  

2,431 
  



Western Isles Health 
  

278 
  

234 
  

230 
  

368 
  



Scotland 
  

84,649 
  

84,813 
  

84,981 
  

87,766 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By NHS Trust And Directly Managed Unit

  


NHS Trust/Directly Managed Unit 
  

31 March 1998 
  

30 June 1998 
  

30 September 1998 
  

31 December 1998 
  



Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 
  

8,004 
  

8,032 
  

8,108 
  

6,940 
  



Angus 
  

454 
  

402 
  

460 
  

460 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

316 
  

295 
  

293 
  

239 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care 
  

- 
  

- 
  

33 
  

33 
  



Borders General Hospital 
  

1,396 
  

1,403 
  

1,299 
  

1,257 
  



Caithness and Sutherland 
  

256 
  

215 
  

224 
  

293 
  



Central Scotland Healthcare 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity 
  

1,681 
  

2,069 
  

1,906 
  

1,778 
  



Dundee Healthcare 
  

29 
  

27 
  

21 
  

41 
  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 
  

6,340 
  

6,305 
  

6,190 
  

5,306 
  



East and Midlothian 
  

349 
  

355 
  

304 
  

270 
  



Edinburgh Healthcare 
  

- 
  

7 
  

2 
  

- 
  



Edinburgh Sick Children’s 
  

1,264 
  

1,200 
  

1,117 
  

1,062 
  



Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary 
  

1,872 
  

1,855 
  

1,640 
  

1,458 
  



Fife Healthcare 
  

172 
  

103 
  

88 
  

70 
  



Glasgow Royal Infirmary University 
  

7,192 
  

6,912 
  

7,276 
  

6,703 
  



Grampian Healthcare 
  

595 
  

484 
  

643 
  

676 
  



Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals 
  

3,422 
  

3,555 
  

3,546 
  

3,479 
  



Highland Communities 
  

189 
  

201 
  

204 
  

278 
  



Inverclyde Royal 
  

1,902 
  

2,033 
  

2,006 
  

2,083 
  



Kirkcaldy Acute 
  

3,827 
  

3,706 
  

3,597 
  

3,496 
  



Lanarkshire Healthcare 
  

- 
  

- 
  

10 
  

6 
  



Law Hospital 
  

1,848 
  

1,732 
  

1,627 
  

1,795 
  



Lomond Healthcare 
  

488 
  

543 
  

525 
  

551 
  



Monklands and Bellshill 
  

2,310 
  

2,238 
  

1,955 
  

1,926 
  



Moray Health Services 
  

1,315 
  

1,288 
  

1,270 
  

1,045 
  



North Ayrshire and Arran 
  

2,680 
  

2,944 
  

2,290 
  

2,093 
  



Orkney Health Board Unit 
  

42 
  

66 
  

48 
  

48 
  



Perth and Kinross 
  

2,491 
  

2,600 
  

2,645 
  

2,275 
  



Queen Margaret Hospital 
  

3,190 
  

2,843 
  

2,684 
  

2,394 
  



Raigmore Hospital 
  

3,015 
  

3,038 
  

2,847 
  

2,735 
  



Renfrewshire Healthcare 
  

26 
  

41 
  

22 
  

7 
  



Royal Alexandra Hospital 
  

2,852 
  

2,651 
  

2,395 
  

2,405 
  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 
  

6,084 
  

5,998 
  

5,317 
  

5,323 
  



Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit 
  

111 
  

125 
  

148 
  

119 
  



South Ayrshire Hospitals 
  

2,969 
  

2,911 
  

2,676 
  

2,282 
  



Southern General Hospital 
  

2,535 
  

2,745 
  

2,762 
  

2,532 
  



Stirling Royal Infirmary 
  

2,469 
  

2,293 
  

1,935 
  

2,019 
  



Stobhill 
  

1,586 
  

1,740 
  

1,643 
  

1,384 
  



The Yorkhill 
  

1,737 
  

1,910 
  

1,650 
  

1,416 
  



Victoria Infirmary 
  

3,109 
  

2,950 
  

2,703 
  

2,687 
  



West Glasgow Hospitals University 
  

3,490 
  

3,394 
  

3,247 
  

3,117 
  



West Lothian 
  

3,051 
  

3,003 
  

3,227 
  

2,412 
  



West General Hospitals 
  

2,545 
  

2,213 
  

2,032 
  

1,763 
  



Western Isles Health 
  

321 
  

278 
  

316 
  

271 
  



Scotland 
  

89,525 
  

88,703 
  

84,931 
  

78,526 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By NHS Trust And Directly Managed Unit

  


NHS Trust/Directly Managed Unit 
  

31 March 1999 
  



Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 
  

5,987 
  



Angus 
  

462 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

292 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care Trust 
  

37 
  



Borders General Hospital 
  

1,031 
  



Caithness and Sutherland 
  

256 
  



Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity 
  

1,565 
  



Dundee Health Care 
  

30 
  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 
  

4,469 
  



East and Midlothian 
  

185 
  



Edinburgh Healthcare 
  

5 
  



Edinburgh Sick Children’s 
  

1,036 
  



Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary 
  

1,313 
  



Fife Healthcare 
  

58 
  



Glasgow Royal Infirmary University 
  

6,311 
  



Grampian Healthcare 
  

562 
  



Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals 
  

3,047 
  



Highland Communities 
  

235 
  



Inverclyde Royal 
  

1,765 
  



Kirkcaldy Acute 
  

2,936 
  



Lanarkshire Healthcare 
  

11 
  



Law Hospital 
  

1,486 
  



Lomond Healthcare 
  

558 
  



Monklands and Bellshill 
  

1,884 
  



Moray Health Services 
  

703 
  



North Ayrshire and Arran 
  

1,939 
  



Orkney Health Board Unit 
  

78 
  



Perth and Kinross 
  

1,778 
  



Queen Margaret Hospital 
  

2,325 
  



Raigmore Hospital 
  

2,327 
  



Renfrewshire Healthcare 
  

24 
  



Royal Alexandra Hospital 
  

1,978 
  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 
  

4,999 
  



Sheltand Hospitals and Community Services Unit 
  

80 
  



South Ayrshire Hospitals 
  

2,249 
  



Southern General Hospital 
  

2,234 
  



Stirling Royal Infirmary 
  

1,939 
  



Stobhill 
  

1,448 
  



The Yorkhill 
  

1,372 
  



Victoria Infirmary 
  

2,461 
  



West Glasgow Hospitals University 
  

2,967 
  



West Lothian 
  

2,198 
  



West General Hospitals 
  

1,318 
  



Western Isles Health 
  

289 
  



Scotland 
  

70,227 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By NHS Trust And Directly Managed Unit

  


NHS Trust/Directly Managed Unit 
  

30 June 1999 
  

30 September 1999 
  

31 December 1999 
  



Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals 
  

5,004 
  

5,074 
  

5,040 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals 
  

5,242 
  

5,076 
  

5,443 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Primary Care 
  

23 
  

15 
  

13 
  



Borders General Hospital 
  

1,025 
  

1,139 
  

1,092 
  



Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity 
  

1,855 
  

1,795 
  

1,849 
  



Fife Acute Hospitals 
  

5,387 
  

5,191 
  

5,165 
  



Fife Primary Care 
  

135 
  

113 
  

112 
  



Forth Valley Acute Hospitals 
  

3,783 
  

3,779 
  

3,985 
  



Grampian Primary Care 
  

18 
  

27 
  

33 
  



Grampian Univertsity Hospitals 
  

7,410 
  

7,837 
  

8,567 
  



Highland Acute Hospitals 
  

2,566 
  

2,742 
  

2,833 
  



Highland Primary Care 
  

99 
  

69 
  

48 
  



Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals 
  

6,621 
  

6,363 
  

6,420 
  



Lanarkshire Primary Care 
  

10 
  

6 
  

5 
  



Lomond and Argyll Primary Care 
  

6 
  

4 
  

1 
  



Lothian Primary Care 
  

245 
  

336 
  

386 
  



Lothian University Hospitals 
  

8,732 
  

8,390 
  

8,606 
  



North Glasgow University Hospitals 
  

10,839 
  

10,967 
  

11,078 
  



Orkney Health Board Unit 
  

96 
  

107 
  

94 
  



Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Primary Care 
  

36 
  

35 
  

21 
  



Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit 
  

105 
  

146 
  

152 
  



South Glasgow University Hospitals 
  

4,843 
  

4,753 
  

5,148 
  



Tayside Primary Care 
  

42 
  

12 
  

15 
  



Tayside University Hospitals 
  

6,494 
  

6,564 
  

7,128 
  



The Yorkhill 
  

1,533 
  

1,588 
  

1,524 
  



West Lothian Healthcare 
  

2,918 
  

2,891 
  

2,555 
  



Western Isles Health Unit 
  

305 
  

334 
  

345 
  



Scotland 
  

75,372 
  

75,353 
  

77,658 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting For Admission To Hospital For In-Patient/Day Case Treatment, By NHS Trust And Directly Managed Unit

  


NHS Trust/Directly Managed Unit 
  

31 March 2000 
  

30 June 2000 
  

30 September 2000 
  



Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals 
  

5,746 
  

5,669 
  

5,988 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals 
  

6,449 
  

7,051 
  

6,599 
  



Ayrshire and Arran Primary Care 
  

11 
  

17 
  

26 
  



Borders General Hospital 
  

1,143 
  

1,149 
  

1,288 
  



Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity 
  

1,546 
  

1,914 
  

2,152 
  



Fife Acute Hospitals 
  

6,475 
  

6,707 
  

5,988 
  



Fife Primary Care 
  

167 
  

153 
  

120 
  



Forth Valley Acute Hospitals 
  

4,147 
  

4,634 
  

4,641 
  



Grampian Primary Care 
  

41 
  

24 
  

33 
  



Grampian University Hospitals 
  

8,846 
  

9,211 
  

9,270 
  



Highland Acute Hospitals 
  

3,094 
  

3,071 
  

2,866 
  



Highland Primary Care 
  

50 
  

62 
  

7 
  



Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals 
  

6,336 
  

6,952 
  

6,973 
  



Lanarkshire Primary Care 
  

8 
  

19 
  

16 
  



Lomond and Argyll Primary Care 
  

9 
  

8 
  

4 
  



Lothian Primary Care 
  

276 
  

296 
  

281 
  



Lothian University Hospitals 
  

8,323 
  

8,642 
  

8,500 
  



North Glasgow University Hospitals 
  

10,912 
  

11,902 
  

12,056 
  



Orkney Health Board Unit 
  

136 
  

134 
  

106 
  



Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Primary Care 
  

26 
  

18 
  

9 
  



Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit 
  

164 
  

147 
  

102 
  



South Glasgow University Hospitals 
  

5,243 
  

5,130 
  

5,066 
  



Tayside Primary Care 
  

25 
  

16 
  

26 
  



Tayside University Hospitals 
  

8,272 
  

8,879 
  

9,743 
  



The Yorkhill 
  

1,536 
  

1,679 
  

1,812 
  



West Lothian Healthcare 
  

3,028 
  

2,742 
  

2,523 
  



Western Isles Health Unit 
  

325 
  

323 
  

345 
  



Scotland 
  

82,334 
  

86,549 
  

86,540 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

Parliamentary Questions

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when it will answer parliamentary question S1W-11696 regarding the age profiles of teachers.

Mr Jack McConnell: A report has been sent to the Convenor of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee detailing the background to the current position on the collection of information relevant to teacher supply and outlining planned improvements to current methods. Copies of this report have been made available to committee members and placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. no. 10751). The answer to your question S1W-11696 is at Annex E of the report.

Planning

Mr Murray Tosh (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the judgement in the case of the City of Edinburgh v Secretary of State for Scotland 1998 SLT 120 applies equally to Scottish ministers in cases where they decide not to exercise their powers to call in for determination notifiable applications and notices of intention to develop submitted to them by planning authorities.

Mr Sam Galbraith: Section 25 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (formerly section 18A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972) requires that where, in making any determination under the planning Acts, regard is to be had to the development plan, the determination shall be made in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The House of Lords decision in the case of the City of Edinburgh Council v Secretary of State for Scotland 1998 SLT 120 decided inter alia the effect of section 18A and how it should be applied.

  The question appears to ask whether that particular part of the judgement applies in circumstances where the Scottish ministers decide not to call in for their own determination notifiable applications or notices of intention to develop. There is no statutory provision requiring the Scottish ministers, in making such a decision, to have regard to the development plan. Section 25 does not, therefore, apply in these circumstances; accordingly the House of Lords judgement referred to would similarly not apply.

Police

Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers were employed in each police station within each police force in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000.

Mr Jim Wallace: This information is not held centrally.

Residential Care

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12430 by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 January 2001, what specific arrangements are planned to ensure high quality care and protection for care home residents in the context of the surreptitious administration of drugs.

Malcolm Chisholm: The planned Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care will take responsibility for the registration and inspection of all care services, including those provided in care homes. All care services will have to meet new national care standards which will cover issues like the administration of medication.

  Care homes will also be required to maintain records and documents setting out the procedures for risk assessment, for issue of medication and all essential care tasks so that staff know what is required of them. This will result in better protection and a higher quality of care for all vulnerable people in care homes.

Road Accidents

Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many times in 2000 Procurators Fiscal consulted with the relatives of those killed in road accidents prior to deciding whether or not to seek a fatal accident inquiry.

Neil Davidson: The information requested is not recorded and is therefore not available. However, Procurators Fiscal are subject to an instruction in the following terms:

  "Where a death is reported to the Procurator Fiscal, and

  (a) there is likely to be a prosecution whether solemn or summary, or

  (b) the death has resulted from a road traffic accident, or

  (c) there is the possibility that a Fatal Accident Inquiry will be held,

  a relative of the deceased should be seen by the Procurator Fiscal or a member of his staff."

  Procurators Fiscal are further instructed that it is important, at that interview, to ascertain the attitude of the next of kin vis-à-vis a Fatal Accident Inquiry and that those views should be included in the report to Crown Office.

Road Accidents

Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many road deaths there were in Scotland; (b) how many of these were the subject of a mandatory fatal accident inquiry; (c) how many resulted in a discretionary referral to the Crown Office by the Procurator Fiscal for a fatal accident inquiry, and (d) of these referrals, how many resulted in a fatal accident inquiry, in each year since 1993.

Neil Davidson: The statistical information requested is not available. Crown Office do not record road deaths as a separate category of death. However, every death investigated by the Procurator Fiscal is reported to Crown Office and the question of the need for a Fatal Accident Inquiry is canvassed in that report.

Schools

Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that future Public/Private Partnership and Private Finance Initiative contracts do not prevent access to school buildings by teachers during holiday periods.

Mr Jack McConnell: The details of the contracts for such schemes are matters between the education authority and the contractors concerned. In entering into a contract, it would be the responsibility of the local authority concerned to take into account the question of teacher access to the school buildings during holiday periods. I would expect them to do so.

Schools

Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that future Public/Private Partnership and Private Finance Initiative contracts safeguard local authority-run activities in the evenings, at weekends and during school holidays.

Mr Jack McConnell: The details of the contracts for such schemes are matters between the education authority and the contractors concerned. The parties to such a contract would take a number of factors into account where out-of-hours use of facilities is an issue, including the needs of the schools and the wider community.

  However, I support the principle that school premises and facilities generally should be accessible for community use. I propose to raise this with COSLA to discuss ways in which access can be improved and encouraged.

Scottish Executive Contracts

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10969 by Angus MacKay on 18 January 2001, whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre the tenders it received from other design and production companies for the contract to design and produce its documents and a copy of any notes of consultations it had with tenderers.

Angus MacKay: It is not Scottish Executive practice to publish commercial information provided to it in confidence by suppliers tendering for Scottish Executive contracts.

  The design, print and publications contract was awarded following the advertisement of the required service in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC). As the value of the contract was above £94,000, compliance with EC Procurement Directives was necessary. 13 expressions of interest were received. Following detailed evaluation, six companies were short-listed and invited to tender.

  A tender evaluation panel selected Tactica Solutions on the basis of pre-determined criteria, including value for money and technical capability to meet requirements.

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council employs and how much money it spent on staffing in each of the last three years.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council’s staffing numbers and associated costs over the last three (financial) years are as follows:

  In 1998 there were 57 staff at an associated cost of £1,660,000.

  In 1999 there were 55 staff at an associated cost of £1,678,000.

  In 2000 there were 45.5 staff at an associated cost of £1,314,000.

Smoking

Dr Richard Simpson (Ochil) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce its policy on the availability through general practitioner prescription of nicotine replacement therapy, following the conclusion in January 2001 of the consultation exercise.

Susan Deacon: I announced on 14 March that nicotine replacement therapy will be available on NHS prescription from April 2001. This requires an amendment to Schedule 10 to the NHS (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995.

Social Inclusion Partnerships

Mike Watson (Glasgow Cathcart) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-1796 by Jackie Baillie on 25 May 2000, which Social Inclusion Partnerships returned information disaggregated by gender in their annual submissions and, for each such partnership, in relation to which areas of policy and services gender disaggregated information is available.

Ms Margaret Curran: The monitoring framework for Social Inclusion Partnerships includes 40 core outcome indicators. All area-based Social Inclusion Partnerships are required to monitor their progress against these indicators either annually, or at the baseline, interim and final stage of their designation period, depending on the indicator.

  Data can be disaggregated by gender for 29 of these 40 core outcome indicators. A detailed breakdown of the indicators showing which can be disaggregated by gender is given in Part 1 of Monitoring Social Inclusion Partnerships: summary of compulsory indicators, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. no. 11439).

  Over 80% of the 34 area-based Social Inclusion Partnerships have been able to submit some data disaggregated by gender, although baselines are not yet complete. In particular, the majority of the indicators where data can be disaggregated by gender depend on household surveys, and we recently funded a programme of People’s Panels in Social Inclusion Partnership areas to facilitate those surveys. We expect data from the partnerships’ baseline surveys to be available later this year. Further details of the Social Inclusion Partnerships that have been able to submit gender disaggregated data for the indicators that are not based on surveys is given in Part 2 of the above document.

  We are currently reviewing the core outcome indicators in the light of the difficulties that Social Inclusion Partnerships have had in obtaining data in some instances. This review includes looking at whether more can be done to monitor progress on equality issues.

Teachers

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements it is making with the Roman Catholic Church to ensure that continuing professional development for teachers includes optional elements of specific relevance to teachers in Catholic schools.

Mr Jack McConnell: Consultation on a framework for teachers’ continuing professional development will be as wide as possible and will take in all stakeholders, including the Catholic Education Commission.

  The Catholic Education Commission will also be given a specific opportunity to highlight issues of particular relevance to Catholic teachers to the Ministerial Strategy Committee for Continuing Professional Development.

Telecommunications

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much was allocated and spent on the roll out of broadband communications in each year since 1997 and what the allocation is for each year until 2003, showing the budget heading each amount was and is being allocated to.

Ms Wendy Alexander: Expenditure on broadband has formed a part of a number of major public sector programmes in the digital field, but this expenditure generally cannot currently be disaggregated from other aspects of those programmes.

  The Scottish Executive is currently reviewing future expenditure priorities for broadband across a broad range of initiatives.

Telecommunications

Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that consideration is given to the safety implications of telecommunication masts being sited within close proximity to general hospitals.

Mr Sam Galbraith: Mobile phone operators have a duty under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to ensure that the public are not exposed to risks to their health and safety from mobile phone masts. In the case of radiofrequency radiation, the Health and Safety Executive expects operators to carry out that duty by complying with guidelines produced by the National Radiological Protection Board designed to prevent known thermal effects.

  Operators have, in addition, agreed that their masts should also comply with more stringent guidelines on public exposure issued by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.

  Regarding issues relating to interference with hospital equipment, the issue of the compatibility of medical devices with electromagnetic emissions from other sources is overseen by the UK Medical Devices Agency (MDA). Their 1997 report on this subject, which covered a large number of different models of medical device, found no significant levels of interference from cellular base stations, which include mobile phone masts. The MDA also records all UK incidents of malfunction or other problem affecting the safety of all medical devices and I understand that no incident attributable to interference from cellular base stations has yet been recorded.

Tourism

Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made regarding the promotion of the Highlands and Islands tourist information brochure since the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning met tourist operators in Fort William on 10 February 2001.

Mr Alasdair Morrison: Visitscotland are currently considering proposals from Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board for increased destination marketing for the Highlands and Islands.

Tuberculosis

Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what input it has made to Her Majesty’s Government’s discussions on the provision of adequate supplies of BCG vaccinations and when these discussions will conclude.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Executive has made clear its concern that the schools BCG programme be restarted as soon as possible and that a reliable supply of vaccine is secured towards achieving a stable position in the longer term.

  I am pleased to say that we expect to be able shortly to announce the resumption of the BCG programme in Scotland.

Tuberculosis

Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding it will make available to deal with any increase in instances of tuberculosis as a result of a shortfall in the supply of the BCG vaccination.

Malcolm Chisholm: The trends in the incidence of tuberculosis in Scotland in recent years – as set out in my answer to question S1W-13298 - do not suggest that a large increase in infections is likely.

Vaccines

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to take any action in relation to any general practitioners who are administering single measles vaccinations and, if so, what action will be taken.

Susan Deacon: The regulation and safety of medicines is a reserved matter. The importation and supply of unlicensed single measles vaccine is controlled and restricted under the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994 and the Medicines (Standard Provisions for Licences and Certificates) Amendment Regulations 1999. Proceedings may be brought against anyone in breach of these regulations.